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Special Series (Part 3): BPO for the BoP : The trials and successes of an early-stage Impact Sourcing Service Provider in Africa
Impact Sourcing Service Providers (ISSPs) constitute a critical component of the emerging Impact Sourcing space. ISSPs are business process outsourcing (BPO) organizations with the specific social objective, often outlined in their mission, to hire workers from poor and vulnerable communities to perform BPO work. ISSPs are emerging in rural areas as reaction to rising costs in Tier 1 and Tier 2 cities in developing countries.
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Special Series (Part 1): BPO for the BoP – defining Impact Sourcing and its potential to boost employment opportunity
Impact Sourcing, also known as socially responsible outsourcing, is an exciting and emerging space within the business process outsourcing (BPO) sector. Through work performed by the William Davidson Institute and funded by the Rockefeller Foundation, this series explores the challenges and potential for impact sourcing to alleviate poverty for millions of people in a sustainable manner through job creation and employment.
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Job Posting: WDI Looking for Health Care Project Associate
WDI’s Development Consulting Services (DCS) team has a new, full-time job opportunity for "Global Health Care Project Associate" to explore new international business/grant opportunities focusing on support for WDI’s Health Care Research Initiative.
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Healthcare Research Paper Published: Increasing Access to Malaria Meds Focus of Research
The first paper from a just-completed, multi-year extensive research project on how to increase the availability of subsidized medicines in remote areas has been published. The paper, “Trends in availability and prices of subsidized ACT over the first year of the AMFm: evidence from remote regions of Tanzania,” was published in Malaria Journal. It was written by WDI Director of Healthcare Research Prashant Yadav and others -including WDI Healthcare Research Associate Sarah Alphs and WDI Healthcare Research Assistant Pete Larson.
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Do Social Impact Metrics Matter?: Two WDI Summer Fellows Discuss the Topic
William Davidson Institute summer fellows Mary Fritz, who worked in India for Wello, and Patrick Huang, who also spent time in India working for Village Capital, recently discussed the merits of social impact metrics following their recent experiences at the social enteprises.
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WDI Facilitates Rockefeller Fdn. Convening
WDI is coordinating and facilitating an Aug. 28 convening with the Rockefeller Foundation staff and other partner grantees working, along with the Institute, on the impact enterprise project.
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Entering NB’s Case Competition? Join the WDI Webinar June 21 for Tips and Tools to Build the Perfect Case Study
The hour-long webinar on June 21, which will start with a brief overview of case method teaching and learning, followed by guidelines for the first steps of writing a case study. Specifically, participants will learn how to develop solid, measureable teaching objectives, choose a case topic, determine an organization or company to feature, gather credible background information, and create a case outline.
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Introducing the 2013 NextBillion Case Writing Competition Judges
Winning cases for the NextBillion Case Writing Competition will be published and likely adopted by numerous university professors instructing the next generation of business leaders. So we’re happy to have a team of judges with seriously strong CVs and a depth of experience in the worlds of academia, consulting, development, and business.
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- Education, Social Enterprise